"Oh, you have got to be kidding me!" I seethed.

Harper's mouth fell open. "Did he just say what I think he said?"

I blew out a huff of air through my nose in aggravation. "Yep."

All I saw was the word the dog mouthed, but in the end, that's all I needed to see to make it seem like the end of my world.

The word that made my life SO complicated from that point on was...







'Mate'


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Maria lives in House Crimson as one of the highest-ranking vampires of her house. The second, to be precise. It's not because she's fought in countless wars, or lived so many hundreds of years, or can make people bend to her will with a threatening glare. She hasn't/doesdon't do any of those things. She's only 17.

Her rank might have something to do with her bad@ss nature and undeniable knack for leadership, but who's to say for sure?

Nevertheless, she's only second to the master and mistress themselves, who also happens to be her aunt and uncle.

Yeah... not great leaders, those two. They're cowards who abandon their house after the first signs of an invasion. Disgraceful.

Now, Maria is left to try and fix things on her own with the werewolf invaders. But of course, there will be. . . complications along the way.

Big Bad Wolfie 

She did it to me, now it's my turn to treat myself with some eye candy.

Not that I don't do it every time she has her back turned.

But the look on her face while I'm giving her all this attention is just making it all the more sweet.

Plus. . . I like this position. I'm gonna take advantage of it.

"I have some more questions for you," I told her smoothly.

"No! Backsies!" She said again, more exasperated.

She was trying to look me in the eyes, but I saw hers trailing down my neck and to my chest again.

I shook my head with a smirk. "Always so distracted."

She took in a shaky breath, "Could you just ask the question?!" She blurted, squirming a bit underneath me.

Awe, is someone getting flustered?

'Nah, she's been flustered since we told her to come get the key.'

Chapter 23)Stage One